surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
dozens; scores of; decades
second (unit of time); arc second
other companies in the same business; rival firms
cooling oneself; enjoying the cool air
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
riskiness; (level of) danger
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
speaking voice; talking voice
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
handrail; railing; banister
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
in name only; titular; nominal
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
(written) contract; agreement
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish